Christ Community Brookside
Love the Littlest
Matthew 18:1-6 ESV
Matthew 19:13-15 ESV
Title: Love the Littlest
Scripture: Matthew 18:1-6, 19:13-15
Speaker: Paul Brandes, PaulB@ChristCommunityKC.org
>> Only a child gets in.
>> In children, we see…
-The humility to ask
-The humility to wonder
-The humility to love
>> In children, we see…
-The humility to ask
>> In children, we see…
-The humility to wonder
“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.” -G.K. Chesterton
>> In children, we see…
-The humility to love
>> To get younger, you must…
- Get smaller
“If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realize one is proud. And this is a biggish step, too... If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed.”
-C.S. Lewis
“The little child can do nothing to bring about his status; all that the child is and has comes from someone else. Jesus’ followers are not great achievers who carve out for themselves a niche...in the kingdom of heaven. For all that they have and all that they are depend on the heavenly Father.” -Leon Morris
>> To get younger, you must…
- Get smaller
- Love bigger